On Class Day, the department celebrates the accomplishments of graduates
The Department of Computer Science honored its 216 graduating seniors in a Class Day ceremony on Monday, May 27, conferring honors and awards for outstanding academic achievement.
Alex Zhang, winner of the Phillip Goldman '86 Senior Prize. Photo by Lori M. Nichols.
The department's top honor for academic excellence, the Phillip Goldman '86 Senior Prize in Computer Science, was awarded to Alex Zhang.
Liam Esparraguera won the Accenture Prize, which recognizes academic excellence in computer science through the end of junior year.
Of the 216 graduates, 156 earned a bachelor of engineering degree and 60 earned a bachelor of arts degree. Of all the graduates, 46 earned the University's academic honors; 48 more earned high honors; and 23 students earned highest honors.
151 of the graduates were inducted into an honor society: Sigma Xi, for distinguished scientific research or Tau Beta Pi, recognizing outstanding engineering achievements. 5 students won the Sigma Xi book award, in recognition of their outstanding research.
The School of Engineering and Applied Science held a separate ceremony to recognize the graduating seniors. SEAS selected four computer science students for awards:
David Shustin received the Jeffrey O. Kephart '80 Prize in Engineering Physics, awarded to the outstanding student in the Engineering Physics program as determined by the Engineering Physics faculty.
Owen Travis received the Tau Beta Pi Prize, awarded to the graduate who has significantly contributed a major part of his or her time to service to the school.
Yenet Tafesse received the Joseph Clifton Elgin Prize, awarded to a senior who has done the most to advance the interests of the school in the community at large.
Marina Mancoridis received the Calvin Dodd Maccracken Senior Thesis Award, for the senior thesis or project work that is most distinctive for its inventiveness and technical accomplishment.
The Great Class of 2024
Bachelor of Science in Engineering
| Eesha Agarwal* | Reuben Agogoe | William Ao |
| Aigerim Askergali | Pranav Avva | Arsh Banerjee |
| Tanushree Banerjee | Nika Belova | Tyler Benson |
| Sydney Berry | Levi Blinder | Dariya Brann |
| Ari Brown | Aaron Buck | Nickolas Casalinuovo |
| Jane Castleman | Yongwei Che | Jackie Chen |
| Kevin Chen | Richard Cheng | Rafael Collado |
| Drew Curran | Diya Dalia | Jeremy Dapaah |
| Evan Dogariu | Stephen Dong | Karim Elbarbary |
| Nada Elfazary | Omar El-Kishky | Jessica-Ann Ereyi |
| Liam Esparraguera | Louisa Esteban | Naomi Farkas |
| Eduardo Fernandez | Daniel Friedman | Claira Fucetola |
| Riya Gandhi | Helen Gao | Michael Garcia* |
| Ryan Gibbons | Irene Gil | Lana Glisic |
| Victoria Graf | Gedeon Guercin | Tejas Gupta |
| Shameek Hargrave | John Hart | Jimmy Hoang |
| Konstantin Howard | Daniel Hu | Michelle Huang |
| Hervé Ishimwe | Maya Jairam | Suhas Kanamarlapudi |
| Emily Kang | Harpreet Kaur | Adam Kelch |
| Jack Kenkel | Kevin Kim | Donald Kipkulei |
| Jarrett Kirk | Henry Knoll | Theodore Knoll |
| Arnav Kumar | Jimin Lee | Katie Lee |
| Gavin Leising | Jasper Levy | Juliana Li |
| Kathleen Li | Theresa Lim | Benjamin Liu |
| Eugene Liu | Brian Lou | Brandson Lu |
| Saumya Malik | Vassiliki Mancoridis | Timothy Manley |
| Ioana Marinescu | Aditya Mehta | Charlotte Merchant |
| Silas Mohr | Anthony Monte | Arin Mukherjee |
| Jude Muriithi | Ian Murray | Aria Nagai |
| Priya Naphade | Ketya Nop | Myra Norton |
| Ayooluwa Oguntola | Tony Owens | Crystal Pan |
| Jenny Pang | Louis Pang | Kirsten Pardo |
| Daniel Park | Timothy Park | Sarah Pedersen |
| Alexander Pesendorfer | Erin Petrino | Kevin Phan |
| Sydney Pittignano | Anna Prilutsky | Warren Quan |
| Mahmudul Rapi | Sriyans Rauniyar | Shazra Raza |
| Julian Rodriguez | Rishabh Rout | Elizabeth Ruggiero |
| Quinn Russell | Dwaipayan Saha | Roosevelt Scaggs |
| Arti Schmidt | Michael Scornavacca | Luke Shannon |
| Everett Shen | Martin Shi | Quan Shi |
| David Shustin | Md Abid Sikder | Emmy Song |
| Advika Srivastava | John Stanley | Christine Sun |
| Jenny Sun | Rajiv Swamy | Yenet Tafesse |
| Joanna Tang | Michael Tang | Andrew Tao |
| Matthew Thompson | Mohamed Amir Touil | Owen Travis |
| Mary Tsahas | Andrew Tutuc | Aneekah Uddin |
| Erkhembaatar Unenbat | Ameya Vaidya | Louis Viglietta |
| Aidan Walsh | Andy Wang | Bryan Wang |
| Evan Wang | Harvey Wang | Sean Wang |
| Henry Wertz | Taylor Yamashita | Katherine Yang |
| Stephanie Yen | Young Ha Yoo | Brett Zeligson |
| Alex Zhang | Alexander Zhu | Manya Zhu |
*January 2024 Graduates
Bachelor of Arts
| Saadi Ahmad | Nikhil Ajjarapu | Rohan Amin |
| Fernando Aviles Garcia | Katie Baldwin | Sidharth Bejugama |
| Noah Bereketab | Andres Blanco Bonilla | Sarah Bock |
| Alina Chen | Joy Cho | Eugenie Choi |
| Ava Crnkovic-Rubsamen | Archika Dogra | Vicky Feng |
| Kira Fitzgerald | Arin Gardner | Lauren Gardner |
| Ananya Grover | Thomas Hughes | Darius Jankauskas |
| Ted Kang | Anjali Kapoor | Ty Kay |
| Maria Khartchenko | Yejoong Kim | Nicole Klausner |
| Joshua Kolenbrander | Elise Kratzer | Louis Larsen |
| Alison Lee | Lucas Linzmeier | Lucas Maake |
| Pierce Maloney | Marina Mancoridis | Ernest McCarter |
| Ryan McDowell | Archibald McKenzie | Anaika Mehra |
| Mackenzie Merriman | Paige Min | Kevin Mo |
| Jason Oh | Lauren Okamoto | Alejandro Ortiz |
| Yash Parikh | Allen Park | Waree Sethapun |
| Vedant Shah | Justin Sherman | Christopher Speed |
| Danica Truong | Eva Vesely | Tri Giao Vu Dinh |
| Shanzay Waseem | Jay White | Allen Wu |
| Jiatong Yu | Chenhan Zhang | Jasmine Zhang |
Honors and Awards
Highest Honors
| Ava Crnkovic-Rubsamen | Vicky Feng |
| Eduardo Fernandez | Kira Fitzgerald |
| Victoria Graf | Adam Kelch |
| Saumya Malik | Vassiliki Mancoridis |
| Marina Mancoridis | Ioana Marinescu |
| Ryan McDowell | Yash Parikh |
| Alexander Pesendorfer | Dwaipayan Saha |
| Michael Scornavacca | Emmy Song |
| Christine Sun | Michael Tang |
| Andrew Tao | Ameya Vaidya |
| Tri Giao Vu Dinh | Andy Wang |
| Alex Zhang |
High Honors
| Nikhil Ajjarapu | Fernando Aviles Garcia |
| Katie Baldwin | Arsh Banerjee |
| Tanushree Banerjee | Sidharth Bejugama |
| Sarah Bock | Jane Castleman |
| Yongwei Che | Alina Chen |
| Jackie Chen | Archika Dogra |
| Nada Elfazary | Jessica-Ann Ereyi |
| Liam Esparraguera | Daniel Freidman |
| Tejas Gupta | Michelle Huang |
| Darius Jankauskas | Anjali Kapoor |
| Henry Knoll | Theodore Knoll |
| Arnav Kumar | Alison Lee |
| Theresa Lim | Timothy Manley |
| Archibald McKenzie | Anaika Mehra |
| Aditya Mehta | Arin Mukherjee |
| Jude Muriithi | Jason Oh |
| Lauren Okamoto | Sydney Pittignano |
| Arti Schmidt | Luke Shannon |
| Martin Shi | Quan Shi |
| David Shustin | Jenny Sun |
| Owen Travis | Louis Viglietta |
| Bryan Wang | Evan Wang |
| Allen Wu | Taylor Yamashita |
| Katherine Yang | Manya Zhu |
Honors
| Eesha Agarwal | William Ao |
| Nika Belova | Tyler Benson |
| Sydney Berry | Andres Blanco Bonilla |
| Levi Blinder | Ari Brown |
| Joy Cho | Evan Dogariu |
| Stephen Dong | Riya Gandhi |
| Ryan Gibbons | Ananya Grover |
| Jimmy Hoang | Thomas Hughes |
| Maria Khartchenko | Nicole Klausner |
| Joshua Kolenbrander | Elise Kratzer |
| Katie Lee | Gavin Leising |
| Benjamin Liu | Brian Lou |
| Paige Min | Anthony Monte |
| Daniel Park | Sarah Pedersen |
| Erin Petrino | Kevin Phan |
| Mahmudul Rapi | Shazra Raza |
| Elizabeth Ruggiero | Everett Shen |
| John Stanley | Rajiv Swamy |
| Joanna Tang | Mohamed Amir Touil |
| Mary Tsahas | Eva Vesely |
| Aidan Walsh | Harvey Wang |
| Sean Wang | Young Ha Yoo |
| Brett Zeligson | Jasmine Zhang |
Phillip Goldman ’86 Senior Prize in Computer Science
Alex Zhang
Accenture Prize in Computer Science
Liam Esparraguera
Outstanding Computer Science Independent Work Prize
Evan Dogariu: "Meta-Optimization in Deep Learning via Nonstochastic Control"
Archibald McKenzie: "Histories.ai"
Michael Tang: "Retrieving by Finding Shortcuts in Representation Space"
Andrew Tao: "Parallel Sequences in Multicore OCaml
Evan Wang: "CompGPT: Probing the Compositional Understanding of Visual Language Models"
Outstanding Computer Science Senior Thesis Prize
Tanushree Banerjee: "Inverse Neural Rendering for Explainable 3D Perception”
Vicky Feng: “An Accessibility-driven, Web-based Graphical User Interface for Deep Learning Tools in Cryo-EM Image Analysis”
Marina Mancoridis: “Publish or Perish: Simulating How Researcher and Publisher Behaviors Impact Science”
Christine Sun: “Language-Driven Video Editing Agents: Human-AI Creative Collaboration Dynamics Across Interface Modalities”
Yenet Tafesse: “The Swarm Garden: Wearable Device Integration for Human-Swarm Collaborative Dance Improvisation”
Alex Zhang: “Leveraging Language to Enhance Decision-making AI”
Sigma Xi Book Award
Ava Crnkovic-Rubsamen: “Retrieving Diverse Data with Large Language Models Using the Vendi Score”
Kira Fitzgerald: “From Child Speech to Computational Insights: Exploring the Syntax of Bilingual Language Acquisition”
Quan Shi: “Towards Memory Augmented Code Agents”
Emmy Song: “braids.social: A User-Defined Tool for Rules-Based Feed Curation in Decentralized Social Media”
Owen Travis: “Don’t Go There: Investigating the Move Locality of Human Go Players”
George A. Miller Prize in Cognitive Science
Ioana Marinescu: "Distilling Symbolic Priors for Concept Learning into Neural Networks"
Schwarzman Scholarship
Thomas Hughes
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
Victoria Graf
Henry Richardson Labouisse '26 Prize Fellowship
Ananya Grover
2024 Spirit of Princeton Award
Archika Dogra
Princeton Research Day: Outstanding Presentation Award
Yenet Tafesse
Princeton Research Day: FitzRandolph Gate Award
Tanushree Banerjee
Princeton Research Day: Innovation and Entrepreneurial Mindset Award
Nikhil Ajjarapu
Computing Research Association Award - Honorable Mention
Yenet Tafesse
Michael Tang
Outstanding Student Teaching Award
Sydney Berry
Jane Castleman
Dimitar Chakarov
Kira Fitzgerald
Victoria Graf
Theresa Lim
Archibald McKenzie
Lauren Okamoto
Dwaipayan Saha
Michael Scornavacca
Andrew Tao
Tri Giao Vu Dinh
Brett Zeligson
Computer Science Service Award
Evan Dogariu
Nada Elfazary
Vicky Feng
Elise Kratzer
Jimin Lee
Arti Schmidt
Michael Tang
Mohamed Amir Touil
Mary Tsahas
Harvey Wang
Jiatong Yu
Alex Zhang
Sigma Xi Membership
| Eesha Agarwal | Nikhil Ajjarapu |
| Rohan Amin | William Ao |
| Aigerim Askergali | Fernando Aviles Garcia |
| Katie Baldwin | Arsh Banerjee |
| Sidharth Bejugama | Nika Belova |
| Tyler Benson | Sydney Berry |
| Andres Blanco Bonilla | Sarah Bock |
| Ari Brown | Aaron Buck |
| Jane Castleman | Yongwei Che |
| Alina Chen | Jackie Chen |
| Richard Cheng | Joy Cho |
| Rafael Collado | Ava Crnkovic-Rubsamen |
| Diya Dalia | Jeremy Dapaah |
| Evan Dogariu | Archika Dogra |
| Stephen Dong | Nada Elfazary |
| Jessica-Ann Ereyi | Liam Esparraguera |
| Louisa Esteban | Naomi Farkas |
| Vicky Feng | Eduardo Fernandez |
| Kira Fitzgerald | Daniel Friedman |
| Claira Fucetola | Riya Gandhi |
| Helen Gao | Ryan Gibbons |
| Lana Glisic | Victoria Graf |
| Ananya Grover | Tejas Gupta |
| Jimmy Hoang | Konstantin Howard |
| Daniel Hu | Michelle Huang |
| Thomas Hughes | Darius Jankauskas |
| Emily Kang | Anjali Kapoor |
| Harpreet Kaur | Adam Kelch |
| Maria Khartchenko | Nicole Klausner |
| Henry Knoll | Theodore Knoll |
| Elise Kratzer | Arnav Kumar |
| Alison Lee | Katie Lee |
| Gavin Leising | Juliana Li |
| Kathleen Li | Theresa Lim |
| Benjamin Liu | Brian Lou |
| Saumya Malik | Pierce Maloney |
| Marina Mancoridis | Vassiliki Mancoridis |
| Timothy Manley | Ioana Marinescu |
| Ernest McCarter | Ryan McDowell |
| Archibald McKenzie | Anaika Mehra |
| Aditya Mehta | Charlotte Merchant |
| Paige Min | Anthony Monte |
| Arin Mukherjee | Jude Muriithi |
| Aria Nagai | Priya Naphade |
| Jason Oh | Lauren Okamoto |
| Crystal Pan | Jenny Pang |
| Louis Pang | Kirsten Pardo |
| Yash Parikh | Daniel Park |
| Sarah Pedersen | Alexander Pesendorfer |
| Erin Petrino | Kevin Phan |
| Sydney Pittignano | Anna Prilutsky |
| Warren Quan | Mahmudul Rapi |
| Sriyans Rauniyar | Shazra Raza |
| Julian Rodriguez | Elizabeth Ruggiero |
| Dwaipayan Saha | Arti Schmidt |
| Michael Scornavacca | Luke Shannon |
| Everett Shen | Martin Shi |
| Quan Shi | David Shustin |
| Emmy Song | Christopher Speed |
| Advika Srivastava | John Stanley |
| Christine Sun | Jenny Sun |
| Rajiv Swamy | Joanna Tang |
| Michael Tang | Andrew Tao |
| Mohamed Amir Touil | Owen Travis |
| Mary Tsahas | Aneekah Uddin |
| Ameya Vaidya | Eva Vesely |
| Louis Viglietta | Tri Giao Vu Dinh |
| Aidan Walsh | Andy Wang |
| Bryan Wang | Evan Wang |
| Harvey Wang | Sean Wang |
| Jay White | Allen Wu |
| Taylor Yamashita | Katherine Yang |
| Young Ha Yoo | Jiatong Yu |
| Brett Zeligson | Alex Zhang |
| Jasmine Zhang | Manya Zhu |
Tau Beta Pi
| William Ao | Yongwei Che |
| Richard Cheng | Nada Elfazary |
| Jessica-Ann Ereyi | Liam Esparraguera |
| Eduardo Fernandez | Riya Gandi |
| Victoria Graf | Tejas Gupta |
| Theresa Lim | Brian Lou |
| Saumya Malik | Vassiliki Mancoridis |
| Sarah Pedersen | Alexander Pesendorfer |
| Erin Petrino | Sydney Pittignano |
| Mahmudul Rapi | Dwaipayan Saha |
| Luke Shannon | Emmy Song |
| Rajiv Swamy | Michael Tang |
| Andrew Tao | Owen Travis |
| Louis Viglietta | Bryan Wang |
| Evan Wang | Sean Wang |
| Young Ha Yoo | Manya Zhu |
